Yeeeeeeaaah Buddy- dave's log

started touching my chest with the militaries. Makes it ****ing hard!

HA! Trying to cheat your way into a win! I WILL CRUSH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice sesh brotha

lol cheers ears, I need all the help I can get 

20kg to go.

band traction
roller
ball
stretch
mobility

bench

bar x loads
60kg x 3
80kg x 1
100kg x 1
120kg x 1

done. load of rolling, stretching, facepulls, etc.

20kg to go.

Good luck for the meet Dave. One more week? Excellent work going on. 

When is the GBPF 3 lift comp? I will need to bust my ass to get a total and then maybe see some of you fellers at it.

You like rolling over the ball? Haven't tried it yet but I don't have a foam roller up here so might give it a shot

Justin McK


Good luck for the meet Dave. One more week? Excellent work going on. 

When is the GBPF 3 lift comp? I will need to bust my ass to get a total and then maybe see some of you fellers at it.

Cheers pal. I believe the GBPF nationals is in september? Iain will no best though. Be good to have a few MT'ers there

20kg to go.

cricket_fire


You like rolling over the ball? Haven't tried it yet but I don't have a foam roller up here so might give it a shot

I like it much more than the roller mate, more effective

20kg to go.

foam rolled and stretched/mobilized for an hour

20kg to go.

meet report from the BDFPA unequipped nationals in Bournemouth

Saturday - left Exeter at 530 to take Paul to weigh in. He lifted in the afternoon and did a solid shift after a ****ing long day. I slept funny on my right shoulder friday and by the evening it hurt so much I could barely move it - wasnt hopeful benching the next day but I iced/massages it and got drugged up.

Sunday - added heat pad and ****ed off to bournemouth from home. Warm ups good enough

Squats -

170 - pissed it for equal PR
180 - good lift, got onto my toes a bit so this was harder than it should have been, 10kg overall and meet PR
185 - PINNED

Bench - 

warm ups felt surprisingly good, so i upped my planned opener from 100 to 120 (would have been 130 if i was 100%)

120 - smashed it, obviously
130 - ditto
140 - smoked it, 5+kg left on the platform here

Deadlift - 

220 - smashed, minimal thinking
240 - good lift
252.5kg - 2.5kg PR

total - 572.5kg, 17.5kg PR

Won the U23's and came 6th in the open. Happy enough with that.

20kg to go.

forgot to say i weighed 85.1. pussy.

20kg to go.

****ing good lifting mate, think a congrats is due for all those pb's.

Now get eating!

Journal

Excellent day pal.

Hope you have vids?

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

Cheers boys. I exploded every ****ing blood vessel in my face and have full on hand prints on my back from carl psyching me up (cheers pal).

Dont think any of it got filmed unfortunately.

20kg to go.

Awesome lifting bro! PR's on everything; can't complain there

Massive congrats Dave. Another sterling performance in front of the judges. You need to update your signature now cos you're creeping ever closer to that 600lb DL.

"They are quite possibly the most sorry bunch of socially challenged and boarderline mentally ill reprobates to have ever attracted such a like-minded following of keyboard warrior wannabes." Unknown

Cheers guys, step in the right direction. Hopefully put together 600kg night time out, doubt it ll figure a 600lb pull though, much more likely to come on the squat.

20kg to go.

No vids????

Didn't happen on t'intenet land!!

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

200/150/250 for the 600 total. Obviously some variation. It is doable by sept. A big ask I think but def doable. In other words a great goal to work towards

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

If you didn't **** your shoulder up spooning Paul the night before, you'd have been good for a bench PB of 150kg. The DL is already comfortably at 250kg so you just need to add some kgs to your squat. Sounds simple on paper!!

"They are quite possibly the most sorry bunch of socially challenged and boarderline mentally ill reprobates to have ever attracted such a like-minded following of keyboard warrior wannabes." Unknown

I think mine will look like 190/150/260. That is very doable by september I think, good 6 months of training to add 10kg to squat and bench and 7.5kg to the deadlift.

20kg to go.

Dave284


I think mine will look like 190/150/260. That is very doable by september I think, good 6 months of training to add 10kg to squat and bench and 7.5kg to the deadlift.

Journal

Made a plan to go to the gym tomorrow...I think im going to superset sets of sitting down and sets of moaning about how much I ache

20kg to go.

Well done on the comp Dave. Good lifts!

thanks FM, work in progress!

20kg to go.

What's going on? You decided to jack in this training lark finally? Give us an update.

"They are quite possibly the most sorry bunch of socially challenged and boarderline mentally ill reprobates to have ever attracted such a like-minded following of keyboard warrior wannabes." Unknown

Had a week off after the comp, then went on holiday for a week. I needed the break as I'd had a bit of a skinful after the comp and felt ****ing horrendus!

Ball
mobility
stretch

(for about 30 mins)

squat

bar x 10
60kg x 3
100kg x 3
120kg x 3
140kg x 3
150kg x 3

all pretty easy and tidy, good to get back under a bar

squat morning thing - recommended it by a friend, wont be trying it again 3 x 5 /60kg

KB swing, kevin 3 x 20

Good to be back in the gym, I ll be 'reloading' this week and then back onto some 531 the after the weekend.

20kg to go.

aha I hate squat-morning's too; feel really awkward

Nice to see you pull your tampon out and get back in the gym

cricket_fire


aha I hate squat-morning's too; feel really awkward

Nice to see you pull your tampon out and get back in the gym

Tampon's out, but I think I have a yeast infection 

20kg to go.

Few notes to self about what the **** im going to be up to henceforth:

squat - more volume, less hard pushing on the top set (I think I had the strength for a 190 at the comp but I was all squatted out by the day).

bench - sort my ****ing shoulders out by doing a lot of pulling exercises with minimal pressing to the chest

deadlift - keep as is, been working great. Im weak at the top so maybe add in some rack pulls or something like that but no pressing need to worry about it.

overhead - actually do some of it and start doing lots and lots of downsets in the 45-55 range

accessory - up core work, up back work (back wise im thinking a lot of DB rows and weighted chins).

light weight, yeeeaaaahhh buddy

20kg to go.

Great job at the comp Dave. When is the next one?

Plan looks solid.

Justin McK


Great job at the comp Dave. When is the next one?

Plan looks solid.

Cheers champ. Ermm GBPF nationals in september I think. Are you planning on hitting the platform anytime soon?

20kg to go.

Good plan.

As for the bench I would recomend still doing work to the chest. Either light or try some narrower benching which can take the stress of the shoulders. Plus as a raw lifter anything above a 2 board isn't gona be worth it. 1,2 board work, and floor pressing would be my list of lifts if you want to reduce benching heavy to the chest for a while.

GBPF nationals in Birmingham sept.

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

My right shoulder that was killing me at the comp has flared up again so whilst its bad im going to stick to a closer grip to a foam roller for a week or so until it calms down. When it ****s off I ll obviously go back to the chest, probably with a slightly narrower grip as you say.

Shooting for 600kg in sept...very big ask!

20kg to go.

ball
mobility
stretch
facepulls

bench, narrower grip, to the chest

bar x 10
60kg 3 x 3
80kg x 1
100kg x 1
120kg x 1
*add foam roller*
120kg x 3
120kg x 3
120kg x 3
*roller out, shirt on*
140kg x 1 no touch
150kg x 1 no touch
150kg x 0 touch, no press, got the shirt in the wrong place a tad
*shirt off, roller back*
100kg x 10

all the stuff to the roller was sunk as far as it would go and paused there. All pretty easy. Nice to do something a little different. This narrower grip lark seems ok, see how it goes over the next few months.

DB row

12.5kg x 5
40kg x 30
40kg x 30
40kg x 30

loads of band face pulls, few curls, general ****ing about.

Feeling a bit better today, getting keen to smash some weights next week.

20kg to go.

Dave284

Justin McK


Great job at the comp Dave. When is the next one?

Plan looks solid.

Cheers champ. Ermm GBPF nationals in september I think. Are you planning on hitting the platform anytime soon?

Yessir. I have a DL only comp on 22nd May and then the NI Chamionships on the 5th June which could get me to the GBPF Nationals in September....if I qualify.

Youre a gear whore now too, eh?

Nice session. Do you train with other lifters?

Not at all mate, ive inherited a bench shirt which is 4 sizes too big for me that i **** about in occasionally! I have no time for equipped lifting to be honest, its really not for me. 

Im sure you ll get a qualifiying total mate, they arent high at all. Lifting as a 90 or a 100?

20kg to go.

It would be good to see Justin kift at Unqu Brits. That would make approx 5 MT members lifting that day;
 
Fomerly know as old git
40 plus
You
Me
Cliffvtr
Justin
 
Get some good vids edited togther would be nice. Fingers crossed for all to make it there in one piece!

Stonehenge
 
Where the banshees live and they do live well

Dave284


Not at all mate, ive inherited a bench shirt which is 4 sizes too big for me that i **** about in occasionally! I have no time for equipped lifting to be honest, its really not for me. 

I think you should stick at it. I also think if you do stick at it I'll do you a deal on the shirt.  Did you get anything out of it at all or is it just too baggy?

Where did you bench? I thought you were home this week.

"They are quite possibly the most sorry bunch of socially challenged and boarderline mentally ill reprobates to have ever attracted such a like-minded following of keyboard warrior wannabes." Unknown

LMC

Dave284


Not at all mate, ive inherited a bench shirt which is 4 sizes too big for me that i **** about in occasionally! I have no time for equipped lifting to be honest, its really not for me. 

I think you should stick at it. I also think if you do stick at it I'll do you a deal on the shirt.  Did you get anything out of it at all or is it just too baggy?

Where did you bench? I thought you were home this week.

I think with some practise I could hit 155-160 in it. Ive smoked 150 in it before very easily. I just got home now, sent you a text.

20kg to go.